Corset



Patented June 14, 1938 l UNITED STATESV PATENT ori-ICE coasu'r Greta.Raynor, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Application my 11, 1937,serial No. 141,96

` s claim. ici. z-ss) My invention relates to improvements in corone ofmy corsets in place, showing a fragsets. mentary view o! the wearer in asitting posture The present-day, fashionable corset has in and also, thepositions of the lower parts of the View the elimination of the hips asa prominent rear of the corset in dotted lines when the same feature ofthe womans figure, and endeavors is open. 5

' to reduce the shape of the body from beneath the Similar charactersrefer to similar parts breasts to the lower parts of the thighs to asthroughout.

'nearly a cylindrical form as possible. To attain With more particularreference to designated this end a. sleeve-shape ,garment of non-elasticparts: In the corset I the transverse dotted lines cloth is provided andstii'fenedI with flexible ribs 6 indicate the upper end of the ribbed,restric- 10 but having no openings in its walls. When dontive part ofthe garment and the bottom end of ning this corset, the wearer stepsinto the same the looser-fitting waist on the upper end of and pulls itup to the desired location. For a which are the shoulder Straps 1, 1. Avertical, woman of medium stoutness of figure, the propcentral openingis made in the rear or back er size of corset for fashionable wear is sosmall, part of the corset extending from the bottom 15, relatively, thatextreme force is required to draw thereof to near the top of the corsetproper and 'it up to the proper location. When in place, it below thesaid lines 6. On the edges of this holds the abdomen and hips in avice-like grip opening are fastened the parts of a Zipper 8 which makesbending of the body at the hips having the operating slide 9,l thepivoted flap zo diilicult and attended by added discomfort. No 9! andthe ribbon finger hold I0. At the top 2o 'provision is made in thecorset construction for end of the Zipper Is ,the fastening stop Il.opening or adjusting the same when it becomes A short distance below theupper end of the desirable for the wearer thereof to attend to theZipper is the elastic band' I2 which is disnaturai eliminative functionsof her body, which posed across the said corset opening and has its g5are thus made impossiblel both by the extreme ends fastened to theinside of the corset. as best 25 pressure to which the eliminativeorgansare subshown in-Fig. 2. A short distance above the botjected and theirbeing covered by the bottom tom end of the said opening is the elasticband end of the corset. I3, I4 which is disposed across the opening withThe inconvenience of disrobing and removing its ends fastened to theinside of the corset as 3o the corset often induces its wearer toinhibit shown in Fig. 2. Preferably, the lower band is 30 theeliminative urges, possibly, to her injury; divided into the parts I3and Il which may be and, in extreme instances, to forcibly roll upjoined with the hooks I5 engaged in the eyes the lower end of thegarment to the injury of its or bars I6 for conveniently opening andclosing Stilening ribs. the said band. In Fig. 1 the two parts of the'Ihe object of my invention is to provide an elastic band I3, Il and theelastic band I2 are 35 opening in the lower end of the back of the cor-`-on the interior wall of the back of the corset set for use when`donning the garment. when and their relative locations in Fig. 1 areshown requiring relief from its'pressure and to expose by breaking awayy'portions of the corset wall. ports of the body Covered thereby. Hooksand eyes IS, I6 are fastened on the adja- 40 Another object of myinvention is to provide cent ends of the two parts of the band I3, 4I440 closing means for an opening in a tight-fitting to vretain the sametogether. In Fie. 3 these corset which are convenient to operateI andefhooks and eyes are disengaged, which, together fective to retain thesaid opening closed when with the disengaged Zipper 3, entirelyunfasdesired. tens the lower part of the corset back, separat- I attainthese and other objects of my invening the edges of the parts 5*, 5*. 45

tion with the mechanism illustrated in the ac- In Fig. 4,a fragmentaryportion of a womans companyins sheet of drawing. which forms a body A isshown 1n a sitting posture clothed with part of this specification, inwhich Figure 1 is a a corset i, the bottom end of the c'orset being rearelevation cf a corset`having my improvebeneath the body. By moving thefZipper slide ments in operative place thereon, Fig. 2 is a rear fromits bottom to its top position at 9' and 50 view of Fig. 1 in which thecorset has been disengaging the hooks I5 the lower end of the turnedinside out, Fig. 3 is the same view as Fig. corset is unfastened and theparts 5B are forced l with the lower part of the rear of the corsetapart by the relieved muscles to their dotted oven and the edges of theopening therein rolled position at I", Y', while the stretched band I2 Ioutward. and Fig. 4 is a rear persperiive view of is shown in dottedlines at I2', the Zipper hooks 55 at l'. I' and the band Il, It at|3214', thuscompletely uncovering the bottom of the trunk of the body A.The elastic band i2 will retain the corset in place and,to again fastenthe parts 5l, 5* together and recompress the muscles referred to, thehooks and eyes on the severed` band i3, Il are engaged and the Zipper"slide 8 is drawn down to the bottom end of the corset.

The employment of the elastic bands I2 and I3, Il, is necessary toreinforce the holding power of the Zipper" which, otherwise, would beforced apart and opened after being closed, or prevented from beingclosed, by the resistance of the muscles within the corset to beingcompressed within the confines of the corset.

It is evident that the severed parts of the e1as tic band I3, Il may beof unequal length; or the band need 'not be severed but have one endfastened on the corset wall on one side of the opening and the other endhooked to the corset wall on the other side of the opening.Nevertheless, I prefer the construction shown because it provides a goodlinger hold for each of the flaps Having thus disclosed my invention,what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,-

i. A corset having an opening in the back extended to the bottomthereof, a Zipper fastener on the edges of the said opening, and anelastic band having its ends fastened on the inside wall of the corsetdisposed acrossthe said opening to reinforce the holding power of thesaid vZipper" fastener.

2. A corset having an opening in theA back 'extended to the bottomthereof, a Zipper fasten- .er on the edges of the said opening to holdthe same together, a plurality of elastic bands having their endsfastened to the inner wall of the corset transversely of the saidopening to rein" GRETA RAYNER.

